Adam Ruins Voting

Adam Conover / Sunday, November 8, 2015, 6:00am

In this episode, Adam explored the twisted history of the Electoral College, explained why the Founding Fathers didn't want most Americans to vote, revealed the undemocratic nature of felony disenfranchisement and gerrymandering and suggested how to fix a political system that seems rigged against true democracy. If you elect to know more, here are his sources.

Sources

"A voter in Wyoming has over three times as much power in the Electoral College as a voter in California."

The Jim Crow Zombie That Won’t Die: from Jamelle Bouie at The Daily Beast, this well reasoned op-ed makes the factual argument for ending felony disenfranchisement laws, a vestige of the Jim Crow Era.

The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent: from Robert Caro, Pulitzer Prize winning historian, this is part 2 of a 4-part biography on LBJ. It shines a harsh light on the political rise of one of our most fascinating presidents.